Coronavirus Live: New York declares state emergency amid new virus outbreak

The Indian embassy in Tehran tweeted out pictures of individuals swabs being taken for coronavirus tests. Many Indians are stranded in Iran and await evacuation.

With assistance of #ICMR experts & under watchful eyes of dedicated #Embassy members,swab collection of 1st batch of #Indians in #Iran, is currently underway @ facility set up in #Qom #COVID-19@MEAIndia @DrSJaishankar @harshvshringla @MoHFW_INDIA @drharshvardhan @dhamugaddam pic.twitter.com/lJoRXr9grS

— India in Iran (@India_in_Iran) March 6, 2020

The Chinese people have expressed their anger and concern over arbitrary measures taken by the government to contain coronavirus outbreak. From stepping into common spaces to imposing quarantine on anyone travelling from affected nations, Chinese public are outraged on Communist Party's means and methods employed to tackle the outbreak, an AFP report said.

Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have not reported as many cases of coronavirus but both nations border Iran. US had earlier asked its nationals to not travel to the West Asian country which has reported 107 deaths so far due to coronavirus

Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said a 71-year-old man who had travelled from Northern Italy to Mexico City is currently in a serious condition and has been kept under quarantine.

The Punjab government said that the advisory on coronavirus issued earlier was a precautionary measure and there has been no official declaration of an epidemic in the state.

As coronavirus outbreak threatens people's health, livelihoods and world economy, Sanjay Gupta, BJP MLA from Laksar, Uttarakhand has suggested performing 'yagna' - a holy Hindu ritual, and drinking cow urine and consuming cow dung can cure and prevent an individual from coronavirus.

Centre had earlier asked people to take measures to stop passing on misinformation regarding the coronavirus outbreak.

कोरोना वाइरस को लेकर लक्सर विधायक संजय गुप्ता जी का देशवासीयो के लिए संदेश।@narendramodi @AmitShah @PMOIndia @AmitShahOffice @JPNadda @blsanthosh @DrMohanBhagwat @SureshBJoshi @ANI @aajtak @ZeeNews @News18India @tv100 @HindiKhabar @SAMACHARPLUS @DrRPNishank @tsrawatbjp @BJP4UK pic.twitter.com/ySTqsLPJSu

— अंकुर कुमार गुप्ता 🇮🇳 (@engineerakg) March 3, 2020

Union Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and PM Narendra Modi will meet on Saturday to discuss means to tackle coronavirus outbreak, ANI reported.

Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi today over #CoronaVirus issue. (file pic) pic.twitter.com/asj6m7jTy6

— ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2020

UN has asked India, China, South Korea and France along with 5 other nations to delay their rotations of their UN peacekeeping forces by 3 months due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Blue Helmets, have around 100,000 people in peacekeeping operations across 15 nations.

Agra Mayor Naveen Jain has urged the Centre to close down all historical monuments in the city in order to prevent a covid-19 outbreak. He told ANI, "Foreign tourists in large numbers visit Agra, this increases the chances of spread of coronavirus in the city. I urge the Government of India to close all historical monuments in the country including the Taj Mahal till the time situation doesn't come under control,"

South Korea reported 174 new covid-19 cases. The numbers which are in triple figures could signal that along side Iran, South Korea remains the only Asian country till now to have faced the force of covid-19 other than China, which has seen the worst of this epidemic. A total of 6,767 people are affected by the virus in South Korea.

US President Trump finally ended up visiting the CDC in Washington but ended up creating a controversy again as he took barbs at the Washington governor Jay Inslee (Democrat), as he called him a 'snake'.

Union health minister in a tweet has warned black marketeers to not capitalise on the coronavirus epidemic and has warned strict action against those black marketing the masks.

मास्क की कालाबाजारी करने वालों के खिलाफ़ सख़्त कार्रवाई हो!

न्यूज़ एजेंसी @ANI से बात करते हुए मैंने कहा कि बाज़ार में जो लोग मास्क के नाम पर जनता को प्रताड़ित कर रहे हैं और दाम बढ़ाकर बेच रहे हैं उनके खिलाफ़ सख़्त से सख़्त कार्रवाई होनी चाहिए।@MoHFW_INDIA @PMOIndia #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/1lpPbl63eS

— Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) March 6, 2020

World Tourism Organisation has said that international tourism will see a sharp decline of over 3% as coronavirus outbreak crosses boundaries and affecting millions across the world. According to AFP, international tourism could face losses of up to $50-60 billion dollars due to covid-19 epidemic.